No superstition attached to my Diwali releases: SRK

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan claims he's not superstitious so as to release his movies to time with Diwali festival, and that he is merely interested in its 'holiday' factor.

Since the 1990's, Shah Rukh Khan’s movies have been creating fireworks at the box office during Diwali festival. And the superstar’s latest “Happy New Year” continued the trend by turning out to be a money-spinner. But King Khan rules out any superstition associated with the release date of his films.

Movies like “Baazigar” (1993), “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” (1995), “Dil To Pagal Hai” (1997), “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” (1998) and “Om Shanti Om” (2007) all released during Diwali, and all were runaway hits.

Shah Rukh's HNY released a day after the festival of lights and he says superstition has got nothing to do with it. "It is good to release films on a holiday", he adds.

"You get that extra benefit of a day off...I am lucky. The movies (that released during Diwali) have done well, but I am not superstitious like that. Any day is good if I get a good holiday”, Shah Rukh, whose 2013 blockbuster “Chennai Express” released in August to coincide with Eid festival, said.